Homira Behbahani
 Affiliated to Research | Docent
E-mail: homira.behbahani@ki.se
Visiting address: Blickagången 16, 14152 Huddinge
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 Klinisk geriatrik Darreh-Shori, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am supervisor for a research group, which right now consists of one PhD 
 student, and three master students. My research is focused on understanding
 the molecular mechanism behind Alzheimer Disease with focused on Omi/HtrA2
 protease and amyloid beta uptake, and focus on vascular smooth muscle cell
 degeneration and proliferation in CADASIL as well as small vessel diseases.
 In addition to supervising, I am as a researcher involved in teaching at both
 the masters, advanced and doctoral level. Furthermore, I am organizer for
 “PhD/PostDoc” and “Center for Alzheimer Research” seminar series at
 NVS. This role gives me a lot of input and reflections to my own leadership
 style and also I learn to know PhD students at KI, which is a benefit for my
 research career.
 I am representative for “Equal treatment” (Ombud for Lika Villkor) at NVS
 since 2011. Therefore, I am a member of department council and work
 environment council at NVS. This role also gives me the opportunity to be
 involved in many issues related to employees and PhD/PostDoc student’s
 welfare and activities.
 Virology price 2002 Recipient of scholarship and Chosen by Sven Gard
 Stiftelse for the best thesis in Virology area.
 Scholarships 2001 and 2006: Recipient of scholarships of Keystone Symposia
 and being invited speaker.
 2008 Recipient of one year postdoctoral fellowship from Loo and Hans
 Ostermans stiftelse.
 1987 Bsc in Graphic Design, Tehran University Tehran, Iran.
 1997 BSc in Biomedicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
 2002 Ph.D in Experimental Medicine at Inst. of Medicine, Div. of Centre for
 infectious Medicine (CIM), at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
 Thesis title: Immune Dysregulation in HIV-1 Infected Lymphoid Tissue,
 Supervisors: Professor Anna-Lena Spetz (PhD, MD) and Professor Jan Andersson
 (MD, PhD)
 2011, April 26, Associates Professor in Neurobiology, NVS, KI
 2013 Project Leadership for Research Group Leader (PFL), invited by NVS
 institution
 2014 Leadership, higher Education for supervisor course at LIME, KI
Research
- My research is focused on studying the degeneration and proliferation of 
 vascular smooth muscle cells in CADASIL as well as small vessel diseases or
 stroke. We are also studying the toxicity of extracellular NOTCH3 and the
 role of autophagy or lysososmal function on intracellular aggregated NOTCH3.
 In my group we look specifically for finding biomarkers for CADASIL and will
 compared it to Alzheimer disease, stroke and vascular dementia diseases. Our
 aim is to provide a better understanding of the pathogenesis of CADASIL which
 would improve the prognosis of CADASIL and patients with other cerebral small
 vessel diseases.
 Furthermore, I am investigating the role of Omi/HtrA2 protease, a
 multifunctional serine protease, in Alzheimer disease and the mechanisms
 behind amyloid beta uptake in human primary neurons.
Articles
- Article: ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY. 2023;15(1):137Tambaro S; Mitra S; Gera R; Linderoth B; Wahlberg LU; Darreh-Shori T; Behbahani H; Nilsson P; Eriksdotter M
- Article: ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;11(1):76Panahi M; Hase Y; Gallart-Palau X; Mitra S; Watanabe A; Low RC; Yamamoto Y; Sepulveda-Falla D; Hainsworth AH; Ihara M; Sze SK; Viitanen M; Behbahani H; Kalaria RN
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2022;23(16):9011Mitra S; Gera R; Sundheimer J; Lemee M; Wahlberg LU; Linderoth B; Eriksdotter M; Behbahani H
- Article: CELLS. 2021;10(11):2834Mitra S; Turchetto S; Van Os W; Wahlberg LU; Linderoth B; Behbahani H; Eriksdotter M
- Article: FRONTIERS IN GENETICS. 2020;11:1022Panahi M; Rodriguez PR; Fereshtehnejad S-M; Arafa D; Bogdanovic N; Winblad B; Cedazo-Minguez A; Rinne J; Darreh-Shori T; Hase Y; Kalaria RN; Viitanen M; Behbahani H
- Article: CURRENT ALZHEIMER RESEARCH. 2019;16(11):1050-1054Jaremo P; Jejcic A; Jelic V; Shahnaz T; Oweling M; Winblad B; Behbahani H
- Article: CURRENT ALZHEIMER RESEARCH. 2019;16(9):834-835Jaremo P; Jejcic A; Jelic V; Shahnaz T; Behbahani H; Oweling M; Winblad B
- Article: MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY. 2019;56(7):4601-4619Darreh-Shori T; Rezaeianyazdi S; Lana E; Mitra S; Gellerbring A; Karami A; Bogdanovic N; Lithner CU; Winblad B; Behbahani H
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY. 2018;97(8):557-567Hanemaaijer ES; Panahi M; Swaddiwudhipong N; Tikka S; Winblad B; Viitanen M; Piras A; Behbahani H
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH. 2018;371(1):175-184Eriksdotter M; Navarro-Oviedo M; Mitra S; Wahlberg L; Linderoth B; Tjernberg LO; Behbahani H
- Article: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2018;22(6):3016-3024Panahi M; Mesri NY; Samuelsson E-B; Coupland KG; Forsell C; Graff C; Tikka S; Winblad B; Viitanen M; Karlstrom H; Sundstrom E; Behbahani H
- Article: MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY. 2017;54(2):874-887Lana E; Khanbolouki M; Degavre C; Samuelsson E-B; Akesson E; Winblad B; Alici E; Lithner CU; Behbahani H
- Article: PLATELETS. 2017;28(2):182-186Milovanovic M; Nilsson S; Winblad B; Jelic V; Behbahani H; Shahnaz T; Oweling M; Jaremo P
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2016;53(2):621-630Tajeddinn W; Fereshtehnejad S-M; Ahmed MS; Yoshitake T; Kehr J; Shahnaz T; Milovanovic M; Behbahani H; Hoglund K; Winblad B; Cedazo-Minguez A; Jelic V; Jaremo P; Aarsland D
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2016;136(3):497-502Ronnback A; Pavlov PF; Mansory M; Gonze P; Marliere N; Winblad B; Graff C; Behbahani H
- Article: MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY. 2015;52(3):1077-1092Lucotte B; Tajhizi M; Alkhatib D; Samuelsson E-B; Wiehager B; Schedin-Weiss S; Sundstrom E; Winblad B; Tjernberg LO; Behbahani H
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(6):e65936Vijayaraghavan S; Karami A; Aeinehband S; Behbahani H; Grandien A; Nilsson B; Ekdahl KN; Lindblom RPF; Piehl F; Darreh-Shori T
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2013;110(19):7916-7921Hedskog L; Pinho CM; Filadi R; Ronnback A; Hertwig L; Wiehager B; Larssen P; Gellhaar S; Sandebring A; Westerlund M; Graff C; Winblad B; Galter D; Behbahani H; Pizzo P; Glaser E; Ankarcrona M
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH. 2013;319(3):134-143Viitanen M; Sundstrom E; Baumann M; Poyhonen M; Tikka S; Behbahani H
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2012;424(3):476-481Teranishi Y; Hur J-Y; Gu GJ; Kihara T; Ishikawa T; Nishimura T; Winblad B; Behbahani H; Kamali-Moghaddam M; Frykman S; Tjernberg LO
- Article: NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL. 2012;60(5):533-542Dehvari N; Mahmud T; Persson J; Bengtsson T; Graff C; Winblad B; Ronnback A; Behbahani H
- Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2011;25(4):1345-1352Westerlund M; Behbahani H; Gellhaar S; Forsell C; Belin AC; Anvret A; Zettergren A; Nissbrandt H; Lind C; Sydow O; Graff C; Olson L; Ankarcrona M; Galter D
- Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2011;25(1):78-88Pavlov PF; Wiehager B; Sakai J; Frykman S; Behbahani H; Winblad B; Ankarcrona M
- Article: NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL. 2010;57(6):668-675Behbahani H; Pavlov PF; Wiehager B; Nishimura T; Winblad B; Ankarcrona M
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2010;5(1):e8948Frykman S; Hur J-Y; Franberg J; Aoki M; Winblad B; Nahalkova J; Behbahani H; Tjernberg LO
- Article: NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL. 2010;56(1):67-76Nahalkova J; Volkmann I; Aoki M; Winblad B; Bogdanovic N; Tjernberg LO; Behbahani H
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2009;4(5):e5701Sandebring A; Thomas KJ; Beilina A; van der Brug M; Cleland MM; Ahmad R; Miller DW; Zambrano I; Cowburn RF; Behbahani H; Cedazo-Minguez A; Cookson MR
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2008;105(35):13145-13150Petersen CAH; Alikhani N; Behbahani H; Wiehager B; Pavlov PF; Alafuzoff I; Leinonen V; Ito A; Winblad B; Glaser E; Ankarcrona M
- Article: FEBS JOURNAL. 2008;275(6):1174-1187Hur J-Y; Welander H; Behbahani H; Aoki M; Franberg J; Winblad B; Frykman S; Tjernberg LO
- Article: JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES. 2007;45(1):9-19Behbahani H; Walther-Jallow L; Klareskog E; Baum L; French AL; Patterson BK; Garcia P; Spetz A-L; Landay A; Andersson J
- Article: AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES. 2007;23(3):398-406Tjernlund A; Walther-Jallow L; Behbahani H; Screpanti V; Nowak P; Grandien A; Andersson J; Patterson BK
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 2006;84(4):891-902Behbahani H; Shabalina IG; Wiehager B; Concha H; Hultenby K; Petrovic N; Nedergaard J; Winblad B; Cowburn RF; Ankarcrona M
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 2006;84(3):596-605Rickle A; Behbahani H; Ankarcrona M; Winblad B; Cowburn RF
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 2005;82(3):432-441Behbahani H; Rickle A; Concha H; Ankarcrona M; Winblad B; Cowburn RF
- Article: AIDS. 2003;17(9):1303-1310Tjernlund A; Fleener Z; Behbahani H; Connick E; Sönnerborg A; Broström C; Goh LE; Spetz AL; Patterson BK; Andersson J
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2001;107(3):287-294Patterson BK; Behbahani H; Kabat WJ; Sullivan Y; O'Gorman MRG; Landay A; Flener Z; Khan N; Yogev R; Andersson J
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2000;157(6):1811-1818Behbahani H; Popek E; Garcia P; Andersson J; Spetz AL; Landay A; Flener Z; Patterson BK
- Article: JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES. 2000;25(2):150-156Normalization of immune activation in lymphoid tissue following highly active antiretroviral therapyBehbahani H; Landay A; Patterson BK; Jones P; Pottage J; Agnoli M; Andersson J; Spetz AL
- Article: AIDS. 1999;13(11):1295-1303Andersson J; Behbahani H; Lieberman J; Connick E; Landay A; Patterson B; Sönnerborg A; Loré K; Uccini S; Fehniger TE
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 1998;153(2):481-490Patterson BK; Landay A; Andersson J; Brown C; Behbahani H; Jiyamapa D; Burki Z; Stanislawski D; Czerniewski MA; Garcia P
- Article: AIDS. 1998;12(11):F123-F129Andersson J; Fehniger TE; Patterson BK; Pottage J; Agnoli M; Jones P; Behbahani H; Landay A
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All other publications
- Published conference paper: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2021;1331:167-191Mitra S; Gera R; Linderoth B; Lind G; Wahlberg L; Almqvist P; Behbahani H; Eriksdotter M
- Review: FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;13:38Mitra S; Behbahani H; Eriksdotter M
- Published conference paper: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2002;185(9):1355-1358Andersson J; Kinloch S; Sönnerborg A; Nilsson J; Fehniger TE; Spetz AL; Behbahani H; Goh LE; McDade H; Gazzard B; Stellbrink H; Cooper D; Perrin L
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2025
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska institutet, 2011
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2002
